Maybe the US didn't have any choice. Maybe the USDollar was losing control around the world anyway. But it seems like the sanctions against Russia have only fueled a faster demise of the USD. It actually seems that it was planed by the US banking leaders or some of the US government. Why?
Russia avoiding Western sanctions on its oil trade by switching to the CHINESE YUAN and dumping the dollar
https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-10-06-russia-avoiding-western-sanctions-thanks-to-yuan.htmlWhen nations from the West flaunted a big plan to strangle Russian oil imports and enforce sanctions on Moscow's energy exports, Russia was able to skirt these obstructions by abandoning the dollar and using the Chinese yuan for oil deals.
Russia has successfully avoided most Western-backed sanctions on its oil exports, enhancing Moscow's crude oil revenue as the price of a barrel rushes toward $100 and as the price of Russian Urals oil hits a year's record-high of $80 per barrel.
Based on an analysis of shipping and insurance records by the Financial Times, nearly 75 percent of all maritime Russian crude flows journeyed without Western insurance in August, the only leverage employed to impose the Group of Seven's $60-a-barrel oil price cap. That is an increase from about half this spring.
The hike indicates that Russia is becoming more proficient at bypassing the cap, permitting it to sell more oil at prices closer to international market rates. More significantly, it means that fewer Russian clients are concerned about retaliation from the Western world for buying Russian oil.
Not only is a larger share of Russian oil being sold outside the cap, but the Kremlin's growing independence as a seller has coincided with a strong rally in oil prices, which reached $95 a barrel for the first time in 13 months.
According to the Kyiv School of Economics (KSE) in Ukraine, the steady rise in crude oil prices since July, together with Russia's success in maintaining exports while lowering the steep discounts it is offering on its own oil, means that Moscow's oil revenues are expected to be at least $15 billion higher for 2023 than they would have been.
"Given these shifts in how Russia ships its oil, it may be very difficult to meaningfully enforce the price cap in future. And that makes it even more regrettable that we did not do more to properly enforce it when we had more leverage," said Ben Hilgenstock, an economist at the KSE.
Moscow's successes attributable to Chinese yuan...